[Ub3rD4n]

(sorry bout this. I just reached post limit. Is that okay?)

It was nearing the end of the tour, and Ms Philburn wasn't showing any signs of being happy. She was scowling at Frankie the same way she had been since she got here. At least that was better than Denise's evil grin, though.
"How many more rooms are there in this awful house?" Denise complained. "My feet are killing me!"
"Well, maybe if you didn't insist on wearing high heels everywhere.." Frankie muttered. "We just have the ground floor to cover, then we're done." she said out loud.
"Bansai!" came a high pitched voice, as a blue streak slammed right into Ms Philburn and began trying to wrestle her to the ground.
"Get off me!" Ms Philburn yelled.
"That's him, Aunt Doris! That's the one who insulted me the other day!" screamed Denise.
"Bloo! Get off her! What are you doing?" Frankie screamed.
"She's a viscious jewel theif, Frankie! I gotta bring her to justice! Quick! Use your pepper spray!"
Frankie yanked Bloo off of Ms Philburn and brought him to eye level. "Bloo, let me say this now, and I will only say this once. She is NOT a jewel theif. There are NO jewel theives in the house. And if you don't stop misbehaving right now, I may just decide to cook "IT" for dinner, and tell everyone else why! Now go to your room!"
She set Bloo down, who dazedly obeyed. He was kinda in shock.
"Well, I think you dealt with that miscreant rather well, Miss Foster." Ms Philburn said. "A firm hand is what these imaginary friends need."
"Well," said Frankie, exhausted, "How 'bout I make us some late lunch in the kitchen, and then we'll finish the tour."
She opened the door and gasped at the scene before her. Stains, brocken china, upturned fridge, stuff all over the floor, broken taps, silverware lodged in the walls, a knocked out Wilt, trapped Eduardo, and Coco in a net screaming "Cocococococo!" and in the middle of it all, Cheese and Slugger, arm in arm, swinging around in a circle smiling spraying mustard and ketchup in the air like a fountain. Eduardo ripped the entire cupboard out of the wall, realised this, and started crying. Ms Philburn did not look pleased. Denise looked ecstatic. Frankie was speechless, and before anyone could get the words to say anything, Duchess burst in.
"Aha! Now this wretched hole will be shut down for sure! After all these years of living in squalor, I shall be taken away from this place!"
"It was YOU!" Frankie screamed. "You're the reason everything has been going so lousy today! I thought it couldn't just be chance!"
"You cannot prove anything! And if I DID do this, it just proves I am better than YOU, Frankie!"
"Duchess! Watch out!" Frankie yelled as part of the celing above Duchess collapsed in flames. Duchess backed away in time, but was cut off from the rest of the room by flames.
"Oh yeeaaaahhh..." Slugger said.
"Well, don't just stand there!" Duchess said. "Do something, you idiots!".At that moment, Madame Foster burst into the room.
"Fire! Everyone out of the house!" she yelled.
"Fire? Waaagh!" Eduardo screamed, scooped up Wilt and Coco, and ran out the door. Denise also didn't need to be told twice. She ran screaming out the door too.
"You guys go." Frankie said gravely. "I'll help Duchess."
"But-" Ms Philburn began, but Madame Foster tugged at her blouse.
"She knows what she's doing, dearie." she said calmly, and slowly led Ms Philburn out, who stopped halfway, turned to Cheese and said "You'd best come with me, dear."
"Cheeeaaaaaahhh.....okay." and he followed the two women out of the room.
"So, how are you gonna save Duchess?" Slugger asked Frankie. Frankie didn't answer, but picked Slugger up by the tail and began swinging him in circles over her head. She then threw his head to Duchess, and he wrapped around her arm. "Grab on!" Frankie yelled." Duchess hesitated, a little disgusted, and Slugger mentioned "Hey, ladies? The flames are a tad hot!" Duchess then dug her claws into Slugger's face, and Frankie heaved her over the flames to safety. She then picked her up and ran out of the house, past some fire fighters, onto the front lawn, where the whole house was assembled and Mr Herriman was taking roll call. "Did everyone get out alright?" Frankie asked Madame Foster.
"Yep. Soon as I noticed there was a fire, Funny Bunny and I rounded up all the friends! They're all safe and sound."
"How come the fire alarms didn't go off?" Frankie asked.
"Well, it looked to me like something ripped em out of the walls!"
Frankie and Madame Foster both looked over to Eduardo.
"They is how the robber man sees you!" he cried "Sees you to HURT you!"
"Man, Frankie! You totally saved Duchess' life! Why?" Bloo asked.
"And me! I helped! I was the rope!" chimed in Slugger.
"Frankie! Are you alright?" Adam and Douglas ran up to Frankie to ask.
"Yeah, I'm fine. And while you're here, exactly WHAT were you guys doing here anyway? Don't give me any lame excuses!"
"Well we-we-we"
"We have good news! We have just recieved a generous grant for our studies in figmentology, and your Mr Herriman has graciously allowed us to study here! Isn't that great? We'll be moving in!"
"We wanted it to be a surprise." Douglas added. Frankie looked depressed.
"As if this day couldn't get any worse."
Ms Philburn walked over to Frankie. "Well, I can see from my visit that this house is nothing but total chaos!"
"No! This stuff doesn't usually happen!" Frankie pleaded.
"I can see that it DOES usually happen. This place is one disaster after the last."
Denise grinned manically and Frankie seemed on the verge of tears.
"And yet you still manage to take care of, protect and love all of these friends. Even the horrifically bratty ones. And still keep a smile on your face. I think that these imaginary friends are in most capable hands."
"So we pass?" Frankie asked.
"But Aunt Doris!" Denise screeched "This place is horrible! I-"
"Now don't you take that tone with me, young lady! I can still have you over my knee!" Ms Philburn rebuked. At this, everone else laughed, and Denise ran crying from embarassment, off the Fosters grounds.
"Blooo!" came an angry cry from the gates. "I arrive five minutes late and you burn the place down?" asked Mac, angrily.

The End

Epilouge:

"And as punishment for attempting to have Fosters shut down, you shall paint the entire ground floor!" said Mr Herriman to Duchess. "And do a good job. There are other floors which also require painting!" he and a grining Frankie walked off. Duchess began painting when Slugger came along.
"Hey! Need any help?"
"Sure. You paint and I shall supervise. From my room." Duchess said, and walked off. Slugger began painting.
"I love doing stuff with friends!"

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Whoo! That one took a while! My next one'll be shorter! I really loved doing the end chapter. And It's great to see so many people liking my work. Well, I'm off for now, but look forward to another fanfic soon!